Italy’s Monti Faces Final Confidence Vote on New Government
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faces a final confidence vote in his new government today after vowing to attack the euro-region’s second-biggest debt and spur growth in its third-largest economy.
“I know that the economic, social and political crisis is due to the serious malfunction of the financial situation and the markets, but I believe that the first thing to do, and I say this particularly to the Italians, is to stop being so comfortable with saying that others are responsible,” he told lawmakers today in Rome.